Hay-rack



(No Model.) Of. A; PEASL'EYK: LP; DODGE HAY RACK.

N0.-297, 842. Patented Apr. 29; 1884.

NITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

CHARLES AUGUSTUS PEASLEY AND ISAAC- F. DODGE, OF GOVVEN, MICHIGAN.

HAY-RACK."

SPECIPICATIQN forming part ofLetters Patent No. 297,842, dated April 29, 1884.. Application filed October o, 1883. (No model.) 7

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OHARLns A. PEASLEY and IsAAo F. DODGE, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Gowen, in the county of Montcalm and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Racks; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to 'make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

1 This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in attachments for farm wagons, its object being to provide a means for carrying hay, straw, and other light produce from place to place, and in the construction of a frame which can be folded and laid away in small space; and our invention con- 'sists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and illustrated.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate our invention, Figure 1,i's a perspective View, showing our improved apparatus arranged upon a wagon. Fig. 2 is a detailed view of the binder-pole, and Fig. 3 is a view of the clamp.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a farm-wagon of ordinary construction, which is adapted to receive the rack B B, the end cross-bars of this rack being provided with a pulley, b. the wagon are provided with uprights or posts 0 and D, which are secured to the same in the ordinary'nianner'. The front post, 0, is provided with a longitudinal recess or slot, 0, having transverse bars which are located within the slot, as shown in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings. It is also provided at the top with a suitably-constructed hook, over which may be placed the reins, so that they will be out of the way when the wagon is being loaded. This hook also serves the purpose of suspending two sections of the binding-pole, so as to leave it within easy reach when the wagon is loaded. The rear post, D, which is preferably of less length than the front post,

The front and rear end-gates of by means of which the rear section of the binding-pole may be attached to the same.

The binder-pole is composed of three or more sections, E E E The front section, E,

has at its front end a hook, e, and at its rear,

end is provided a socket, e, to the rear of which is pivoted a link, F, which engages with the hook f, located on the upper side of the adjacent portion of the binder-pole E, the front end of which is reduced in size and provided with shoulders, so that its end may enter the socket c. This binderpole is provided with two or more similar joints, and the last section of the same is of sufficient length to extend over the rear end'of the wagon-body. By thus joining the binding-pole the same may be easily handled and taken apart, and the links and hooks located upon the upper side of the same will hold the parts securely together when a downward pressure is eX- erted at the ends.

When the wagon is loaded and the binderpole placed in position, we secure to the same a clamp, G, which consists of two members, 9 g, which are pivoted to each other at theirlower portion, as shown at it. Each of these members is provided, at a pointabove the .pivot 71 with a perforation, h, within which are secured the ends of the cord H. This clamp is also provided above its pivoted portion with semicircular openings i, which areof about the same size as the binding-pole, so that when the clamp is closed, as shown in full lines in Fig. 3, the parts will be secured to each other. The upper part of the member 9 of this clamp G is wedge-shaped, and the opposite member, is provided with a slot, 7c, which extends ob liquely from the upper part of the member 9 to near the clamping-j aws '5. Within this slot is secured a suitable link, It. When the wagon is loaded, the ropes H, which extend under the pulleys b, are tightened, and the free ends may be either passed around the cleat d and secured to the wagon-body, or they may be tied around the upper part of the clamp G, as shown in the accompanying drawings,which is desirable when they are made fast by the person on top of the wagon.

The cleat cl may be provided on its inner portion, adjacent to the post D, with a roller,

is provided at its upper end with a cleat, d, over which the ropes H may pass.

The end of the binder-pole may be provided or more sections, and provided at its front end with a chain and ring, so that a person upon with a hook and at the joints with links F, and the ground may assist in drawing the same hooks f, located on the upper edge of the pole, downwardly, or holding the same in position substantially as shown. while the ropes are being tied. The ring at 3. The clamp G, adapted for use in connecthe end of this chain may also be passed over tion with thehay-rack and frame, as described, the hook on the front binding-post when it I consisting of two members pivoted to each is desirable to suspend this section of the I other, and provided withawedge-shaped porbinder-pole at the front of the wagon. tion,and binding-link k, adapted to be clamped By the construction hereinbefore described 1 upon the binder-pole, and provided with eyes we are enabledto provideameanswherebyhay, for the reception of the ends of the ropes H. straw, or other light produce may be securely I 4. In a hay-rack, the combination of the loaded and held within the frame; and the front post, 0, side racks, B 13, having pulleys construction of the parts is such that when not b, the binder-pole, and clamp G, adapted to in use they may be folded, so as to occupy but be secured to the binder-pole, and provided a small space. at its lower end with ropes H, which pass over Having thus described our invention, what I the pulleys b, secured to the side rack, the we claim as new, and desire to secure by Let parts being organized substantially as shown, :cers Patent, isand for the purpose set forth.

1. In a hay-frame, the front standard, 0, In testimony whereof we affix oursignatures provided with a vertical slot and cross-bar, in in presence of two witnesses. combination with the binder-pole having a hook at its front end, and provided at its rear f? PLASLLY' end with ropes H H, which pass over pulleys attached to the rear cross-bar of the rack, substantially as shown.

2. Abinder-pole forhay-raeks, made in two \Vi tnesses:

JOHN LEWIS, Jonx GALE. 

